“You don’t have enough Peoplesoft experience”, “You don’t have any SAS experience”, “Your PHP experience is too light”, “We’re looking for a junior level programmer”, “Your qualifications have been reviewed against the requirements for this opening. At this time we…
Tag: business intelligence
I’ll work for free, Part 1
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This is something that I would consider doing if I could find something that I truly enjoy doing. And of course, you’ll have to pay my, and my family’s, expenses. Part of that is driven by the fact that I…
Keep the momentum going
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As I am finding out, a job search can be a 24/7/365 endeavor. That doesn’t mean you’ll be calling on recruiters or answering ads every day and every moment. Networking is extremely important. This weekend, I was fortunate to meet…
How do I work?
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As a report developer/business intelligence expert, I work with raw data that is typically in a database. Whether the database is called SQL Server, Access, Oracle, PROGRESS, Sybase, DB2, etc. is generally irrelevant. The differences between these is like driving…
Branding myself
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When people ask me what I do, I tell them I am a computer programmer. That is a pretty broad profession just like a doctor is as broad as all the specialties there are. Hence, each one of us has…
Off the market!
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I am now off the market. I accepted a six month contract as a report developer/programmer with the PMO of Central Technology at M&T Bank. here is a possibility of it being extended and hopefully, made permanent. For now, one…
The achievements of Sam Spritzer
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Following is a small sample of the more comprehensive report development efforts. These would be in addition to the standard bricks and mortar reports that I have developed. All told, I probably developed over 1000 reports in my lifetime.
The branding of Sam Spritzer
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My background is predominately in Business Intelligence (BI). Business intelligence is a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data to help enterprise users make better business decisions. BI applications include the activities…
The selling of Sam Spritzer
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I have been looking for a job for a couple of months now. It hasn’t been easy for a number of reasons with the biggest one being the economy. They say we are/were in a jobless recovery. Whatever that means,…